Norman Abbott
Directing
10
Acting Credits
31
Directed
Biography
Norman Abbott (July 11, 1922 – July 9, 2016) was an American vaudevillian, actor, producer and television director. Abbott was born in New York City, where his uncle, comedian Bud Abbott, and his mother raised him. His early experience in entertainment was as a vaudeville performer, including summers working the 'borscht circuit" in resorts in the Catskill Mountains of New York. In the early 1940s, he and Pat Costello (brother of Lou Costello) worked as stand-ins for the better-known act durin...
Known For
Filmography
Empire of the Censors
1995
as Self
Film '72
1971
as Self
Anything Goes
1954
as Radio Announcer
Walking My Baby Back Home
1953
as Doc
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self
Keep 'Em Slugging
1943
as Ape
The Affairs of Martha
1942
as Newsboy (uncredited)
Grand Central Murder
1942
as Whistling Messenger (uncredited)
Rio Rita
1942
as Hotel Laundry Boy (uncredited)
Who Done It?
1942
as 'Murder at Midnight' Organist